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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






2. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






3. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






4. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






5. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






6. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






7. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






8. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






9. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






10. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






11. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






12. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






13. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






14. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






15. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






16. Something that supports a sculpture






17. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






18. Technique of shading using dots to control value






19. Renowned for paintings and prints






20. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






21. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






22. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






23. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






24. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






25. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






26. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






27. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






28. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






29. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






30. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






31. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






32. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






33. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






34. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






35. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






36. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






37. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






38. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






39. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






40. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






41. Creates blue dye






42. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






43. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






44. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






45. Application of potassium sulphide






46. Known for his glass sculpture






47. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






48. Where the revolving door was fully developed






49. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






50. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.